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Tecunas. Still, tlie latter also lueiitioii a oroove or a cross piece, 

 and isolated examples are found anion<»: old Indians of these tribes, 

 who use them in fishing. The ty);)e of this class is not yet determined. 



The second group embraces a type of which tAvo exam|)les wei-e 

 found in luiacas, at Manizales, in southern Antioquia, now in the 

 Copenhagen IMuseum.^ They have the imier end thin and flat, with 

 broad center piece as grip, in which is the finger hole and pointed end. 

 The outer end is like a stall, and terminates in a knol) with a scroll, 

 into the upper surface of which a short, nai'ro>Y groove is cut for the 

 insertion of the hook (missing). A band jiassing across this held tlie 

 hook still more firndy " (see pi. iv, figs. 43a and 4;^1)). Fhis, accord- 

 ing to Bahnson, is the type of the Cauca speai- sling. Uhle suggests 

 that sling sticks with a groove probably existed in the Canca Val- 

 ley, and were in use among the Cauca tribes, and certainly in 

 Antioquia, in the Aburra Valley opposite (according to Cieca. IJob- 

 l?do). to the south in Arma (according to Cieca), in the district of 

 Ori, Cartama (on the left baidc of the Cauca opposite Arma), Pozo 

 to the south, among certain jieoples related to the poj^ulation of 

 Arma (accoi'ding to Robledo), Quimbaya, oj>posite Carthage (accord 

 ing to (yieeja), and among the Pantagora trilies, on the upjx'i- Canca 

 and JNIagdalenian valley (according to Piedratuta) ; also liy the Pae/. 

 in the mountainous countries between these two rivei's.'' 



In the third group the hole for the forefinger is jdaced in a sj^ace 

 adjoining the grip. The shaft is flat like a ruler, l)roadisli at each 

 end and narrower in the midle. The hole for the forefinger, on the 

 back, is between two cross bars. A small gi'oove is supposed to lune 

 existed in some examples. The hook for the spear end is a tooth- 

 shaped bone attached to the extreme end of the shaft (see pi. iv, 

 fig. 44). In former times it was employed among the Purupurus 

 (two examples in Vienna), Cananuiris (a few exami)les still used 

 in fish and turtle catching on tlie Jiirna Ri\'er in bSOT were en- 

 countered by Chandless), and by the Paumaris on the ITppei* Purus/' 

 The fourth subclass is still in use. The shaft is a delicate rod (on 

 the Araguaya it is angular in section), with broad flat handle in- 

 curved on both sides. Near the place where the grij) cluinges into 

 the shaft is a hole for the forefinger. Toward the ui)i)er end the 

 shaft ta])ers to a point, where is lashed obliquely a small hook of 

 wood or, among the Karaya, of bone (see pi. iv, fig. 45). It 

 formerly sei'ved as a fighting weapon only, but is now mostly used 

 in sport, and as such is very p()i)ular. The sj)ear sling dance, called 

 " yauari," also shows this, in which the wounding and death of a 



o According to Bahnson ; Intern. Arch. IL p]). 217-227. 



''All of these statements by Ulile: Afitth. Wiener Anthro]). CJescIlschaft. 

 XVII, pp. 107-114. 



c Ehrenreich.: Beitriige zia- XJllkeikunde Brasiliens, p. 51. 



